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W. P. HIBNER.

GHBRRY SEBDBR. No. 296,961.- Patented' Apr. 15, 1884.

Attorneys N. Pncns. mwummphzr. wzmimm ma ilivrrs WILLIAM F. I-IIBNER, OFBALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOTT MANUFACTURING COMPANY OFBALTIMORE CITY.

CHERRY-SEEDER.

SPCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,961, ated April 15,1884.

Application'filedNovember 15. 1883. (Modeli.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HIBNER, of Baltimore city and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOherry-Seeders, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which-Figure lis a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2,a longitudinal Vertical section through front plate and seedingmechanism. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the seeding mechanism. Fig. 4is a section on line x x, Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all figures.

Myinvention relates to cherry-seeders; and *it consists in the improvedconstruction and arrangenient and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, and specifically poin'ted out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A is the main frame, which is 'provided withclamp a and clamp-screw a', whereby it maybe secured to 2 5 the table orother structure in any well-known manner. This frame is provided with acrossbrace, A, a-nd with a proj ecting arm or bracket, A2. This latterarm or bracket serves as support for the shaft or pivot b of acrankwheel, b', having a crank-pin, bz. This shaft b also carries afly-wheel, B, provided with a suitable handle, 15', for turning it.Attached to the crank-pin b2 is a pitman, c, which is connected to apin, d, secured to one side of a 3 5 slide, which consists of a rod, D,passing through one of the arms of the main frame, a trough, D', securedto said rod, and a tube attached to said trough moving in the other armof the main frame A.

40,' Secured to thetube D2 is an upright, d', upon which is secured ashifting-plate, E, which is provided with a perforation, E', and whichreciprocates with the sliding parts before mentioned.

Secured to or forming part of the upper end of the main frame is aplate, F. This-plate F t serves as one side of a box, G, the other partsot' which are the front, f, and sides and bottom,f', and top, fz.

These parts are properly secured together, and the top f2 is providedwith a hole, fa, (see Figs. 2 and 4,) while the front plate, f, isprovided with suitable apertures, f4 and f, through which, respectively,the plate E and tube Dz reciprocate.

Sccured within the tube D2 is a plate, H, having attached to its bottoma smaller tube,

h, open at both ends. Attached to the front plate, f, is a plate, I,similar in construction to the plate H, and having at its bottom a tube,i, similar in construction but larger than the tube h, before referredto. The front end of the tube DAz is cut off at about an angle offorty-five degrees, for reasons which are hereinafter specified.

The operation of my device may be described as follows: Al suitablehopper having been placed on top of the machine, with its openingcoincident or registering with the opening]63 in the top of the box G,and the cherries having been placed in the hopper, are allowed to fallone by one through the bottom of the hopper and the hole 3, and in theirdescent they will pass singly through the hole E' in the plate E, whensaid hole is, by the reciprocation of said plate, brought beneath andmade to register with the hole in the top fz. Having passed through thishole E', the tube D'z being withdrawn, the cherry will drop into thefront of the tube D2, which tube will now be thrown forward by the'slide, pitman, and crank, and the small tube lt will be forced throughthe cherry, and, being smaller than the stone or seed, will force it outof the fruit into the tube i. The tube DAJ being again retracted, thecherry before mentioned being I impaled upon the tube h., will becarried back with it. Another cherry now drops into the front of thetube D2, and the same operation is repeated. The plate E, having beenreciprocated with the tube D, has permitted another cherry to drop down.,Vhen the tube h has been pressed through another cherry the oneformerly pierced by it will be forcedback- Ward off the rear end of itinto the tube D2, and the continuous repetition of this'operation willforce the seeded cherries backward out of said tube into the trough D',from whence they will drop into any suitable receptaole to receive them.rllhe seed will in the meantime have been forced singly through and outof the tube Having` thus deseribed my invention, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination of the tube D2, having' its forward end cut diagonally,p1ate H, and

tube 71,, arranged therein, box G, plate I, and 1 tube i, attaehed tothe front of said box, and means, substantiallyas described, forreeiprooating the tube Dz and its conneotions, as set forth.

2. The combination, With the main frame A, of the rod D, trough D', andtube D27 attached together. means for reci procating them in said frame7box G, having' perforated top, and plate E, attached to the tube D2 andhaving a peri'oration therein, and arranged to reoiprocate therein andact as a trap for the cherries, as set forth. i

3. In combination, box G, having perforated top, tube D2, having tube h,seoured therein, tube 17, attached to the front of box G in line withtube h, standard df, plate E, attached to said standard, and means,substantially as described, for reeiprooating tube D2 and plate Esimultaneously, as Set forth.

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7 th daT ofNovember, 1883.

his 'TILLAB F. HIBNER.

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